Blue-and-gold uniforms take fans back, perhaps to the future

'The Sabres walked out of their dressing room in HSBC Arena, and 17,845 jaws dropped. Buffalo players were wearing the much-beloved blue-and-gold uniforms of the team's first 26 seasons. It wasn't just unexpected. It was downright shocking. And it received one of the loudest and most spine-tingling cheers of the season. "Going out there," defenseman Brian Campbell said, "the fans put shivers down me."'